Collar.



PATENTBD JULY 11, 1905. LA. FAYETTE M. WILKINSON.

COLLAR.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 16.1904.

NTTED. STATES Patented July 11, 1905.

PATENT FFIQE.

COLLAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 794,477, dated July 11, 1905,

Application filed June 16,1904. fierial No. 212,829.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, LA FAYETTE M.WILKIN- SON, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Collars, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to an improvementin collars and to what is known to the trade as a high turned-down collar; and the object of the invention is to provide an arrangement whereby the collar is securely held together at its upper meeting ends, causing the set thereof to always remain the same and the collar to closely and snugly fit the neck of the wearer.

It is well known that with the high turneddown collar it is diflicult to keep the collar in the position to which it is first adjusted,and this is usually attempted by drawing the tie tightly around the collar; but this is found impossible with thebow-tie, and even with the fourin-hand or the puff the knot soon becomes loosened and the collar will then spread at its upper edge and the set thereof impaired. By my invention I seek to overcome these objections by providing an extra buttonhole at one side of and at the upper edge of the collar, through which projects a button that is engaged by a finger formed upon the opposite side of the collar and which firmly locks the upper meeting ends together when the collar is adjusted.

The invention also comprises certain details of construction and novelties of arrangement, as will appear hereinafter and pointed out in the claims, reference being had to the drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a collar embodying my improvement. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the collar unfastened. Fig. 3 is a detailed perspective view looking at the front of the collar and showing the same locked. Fig. 4 is a vertical section drawn about on the line 4 L of Fig. 1, and Fig. 5 is a detailed horizontal section drawn on line 5 5 of Fig. 1.

In carrying out my invention I employ the ordinary form of high turned-down collar A, comprising a band and a cape, the band having the usual flaps or extensions B and C projecting from the band and which projections are provided with the usual buttonholes B and C, through which the collar-button of the neckband of the shirt passes for holding the collar upon the shirt.

7 At one side of the band of the collar and immediately back of the point where the flap B extends beyond the front of the collar and near the upper edge thereof I provide a buttonhole D, in which is arranged a button E having an exceedingly short shank. A notch F is cut in the upper edge of the opposite fiap C, thereby providing an upwardly-extending finger Gr at the end of said flap, which finger is designed to slip under and to one side of the button E, thereby locking the upper meeting ends of the collar together when the flaps are properly buttoned upon the shirt. In practice I propose to make the extreme length of the finger G of a slightly less height than the band of the collar, and the notch F tapers gradually from the lowest point to the upper edge of the flap, as most clearly shown in Figs. 1 and2, so that when the collar is fastened the flap, with its locking-finger, will be entirely obstructed from view.

In operation the collar is first buttoned to the shirt in the usual way, after which the wearer simply catches the lower edges of the collar, and by drawing the meeting edges slightly apart the upper edges will be forced close together, and the finger Gr of the flap C will readily slip into engagement with the button E, and the upper meeting edges of the collar will then be securely locked and held in their proper positions. It will of course be understood that when it is desired to remove the collar the flap provided with the finger is first disengaged from the button and then the usual method of removing the collar is carried out. A collar constructed as herein shown and described accomplishes the object soughtthat is, the upper edges of the collar are held close together, thereby improving the set of the collar and also the tie.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a turn-down collar comprising a band and a turned-over portion, the band having extensions at each end provided with the usual buttonholes, one of said extensions havinga supplemental buttonhole adjacent the top, and the other extension having an upwardly-projecting finger adapted to engage the shank of a button adapted to be arranged in the supplemental buttonhole.

2. In a turn-down collar comprising a band and aturned-over portion, the band having extensions at each end, said extensions being provided with the usual buttonholes, the band having a supplemental buttonhole adjacent the upper end and also adjacent the extension, the opposite extension being notched at the upper end providing an upwardly-projecting finger at the extreme end, said finger being adapted to engage a button adapted to be arranged in the supplemental buttonhole substantially as set forth.

LA FAYETTE M. WILKINSON. Witnesses:

CHAS. E. BROOK, M. D. BLANDEL. 

